Author: HDI Staff
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Alyssa Schneider
Quality Coach Child Care Aware Phone: (859) 442-1142 Email: Alyssa.schneider@uky.edu Responsibilities: Assisting Early Childhood Centers in Boone and Grant County achieve higher quality though on going technical assistance and coaching visits based on best practice. Experiences: Reason: I was a kindergarten teacher for 7 years after graduation. I became a center director at an early…
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Latest Fund for Excellence Grants: Winter 2018
We’re excited to share that HDI is funding the following four outstanding Fund for Excellence projects this quarter! With improved consumer advocacy, leadership, and transportation options, take a look at these projects to learn how HDI plans to build more inclusive and empowered communities in Kentucky and nationwide. This round of Fund for Excellence projects represent…
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HDI Center for Assistive Technology Services Grand Opening!
The Center for Assistive Technology Services at HDI is planning an open house and grand opening from 3:00 -5:00pm on February 9. Join us for a tour, demonstrations and refreshments!
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Research Brief Winter 2018
A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Peer Networks and Peer Support Arrangements in Project Pilot Schools by Patti Logsdon, Mark Samudre, & Harold Kleinert Photo by Andy and Justin Meredith Research tells us that making friends can be especially hard for students with significant disabilities. Peer support arrangements and peer networks are evidence-based interventions that involve…
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Trainee Spotlight: Mary Comis
by Bill Mazzoleni Mary Comis is from Raleigh, North Carolina. She was attending Duquesne University for undergrad work in Pittsburgh; however, she is now attending UK. Her area of study is School Psychology. Her current work at HDI is trainee for certificate program for developmental disability. She is interested in doing work at HDI because…
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Lynn McCormick
Quality Coach Child Care Aware Phone: (859) 442-1696 Email: Lynn.McCormick@uky.edu Responsibilities: Provide Technical Assistance to Licensed Type I programs in Campbell and Pendleton Counties. Technical assistance can be based on Environment, staff, programming etc. It encompasses all aspects of the Child Care Program. Experiences: Prior to working for the University and Child Care Aware I…
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Results From Needs Assessment for Kentuckians with Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities
by Amanda Corbin Education and early intervention, self-advocacy, employment, housing, transportation, childcare, and community supports were all listed as areas of need by service providers, family members and self-advocates in the statewide 2017 Joint Needs Assessment Survey.
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Spring Seminar: Speaking Your Mind—Self-Advocacy and Self-Help Lessons Learned from the History of Independent Living
“The Independent Living movement is a reaction to the dehumanizing process inherent in the medical model and to the need for civil rights, equal access, and equal opportunity. Your ability to self-advocate is the only way that your individualized and unique desires for life will actualize. For that reason, you should speak your mind and live…